We often classify leadership as the ability to do something that fundamentally changes the world. Drew Dudley challenges the traditional view of leadership by stating that instead of changing the world, we must change people's understanding of it. When we transform someone else's understanding, they become inspired to do the same, making a chain reaction of awesome. So, have you ever had a lollipop moment? Or have you had the opportunity to provide someone else with a similar moment? Has this video changed your perceptions of leadership? In what ways can we be conscious of the needs of the student body that even one person can leave IDCI feeling like they too have the power to change a life?
i have had many lollipop moments during high school. thing is i usually tell everybody that it happens to. of someone makes a difference in my life i will tell them. they deserve to know. my view on leadership didnt really change from this video because i dont see leadership as something bigger than us, i see it as something that happens when something needs to be done and you have the feeling like your the one to get it done. also we could make a movement to get people to actually share their life changing moments with other people because that makes us feel better knowing we have done good
My "lollipop moment" was after game 7, McConnell conference finals in the SOJHL in 2012-2013 season. It was after that game that the Haggersville Hawks told me as a team that I had not only changed their season but many of their lives. That was probably the best feeling I rememeber having when they each told me how I impacted their lives.
The video changed the way I think about leadership in the sense that you don't necessarily need to change the world but changing a person or impacting a person is a big enough difference to start a chain reaction. Doing something small and starting that chain reaction is just as important as effecting a group of people.
I think that the campaign recently started in the school; "random acts of kindness" is a great way to show student that they have the power to change a life. It's simple, not costly and effective. A student could preform that act of kindness and change the way that student looks at life, other people and themselves.
To be quite honest, I do not have any recollection of a a lollypop moment in my life. I am sure that one occurred throughout the span of my life, I just cannot remember it. However, I can recall a few times where I have provided an individual with a lolly pop moment. Such instances have usually occurred when a friend or a loved one has been in a moment of despair and needed someone to talk to. After talking to me, they overcome their obstacles and have striven foreword.
I do not feel that this video has changed my perception of leadership. I prefer going by the traditional definition of leadership. This is since leaders who fit the traditional definition of leadership generally have made large achievements that have a longstanding impact on our society or the world as a whole. These include individuals such as F.D. Roosevelt, Sir Winston Churchill, Pierre Trudeau, and many others. I would not necessarily classify Dudley's definition of leadership as a form of leadership. Rather, I would categorize his definition of leadership - that is, small acts of kindness - as small acts of guidance that assist an individual in their daily life or development. I just do not think that they are necessarily a form of leadership.
To address the final question, I believe that we can achieve you are asking through simple acts of kindness and being mindful of other peoples problems. Doing this could possibly have a massive impact on a single individual, since it could make them feel valued, boost their confidence, and empower them to pursue bigger and greater things.
Have you ever had a lollipop moment? Yes I have had my own lollipop moment. This summer when I worked at camp, I was a counselor for many kids. But after my two weeks at camp I had one of my campers come up to me and said thank you for being such a good leader for own group and that I was very fun. He also told me that now he wants to become a camp counselor just like me when he is older.
In what ways can we make the student body feel like they have the power to change a life? We can start a complement campaign, so if someone does something nice for you or helps you in some way, you have to pay it forward.Tell them how much they helped you out and how it impacted your life. In doing so we would build student body self confidence, and everyone would feel like they too could change a life.
I have had a few lollipop moments. The most recent ones were at Challenge Day where I gave and also recieved lollipop moments. Thid video did change my perception on leadership because I always thought that we had to make a difference on everybody as a whole. This video shows that making a difference on just one person will still make a difference, maybe even a bigger difference. The andom acts of kindness, I think, is a great event. Iike how it's going to incude every group of people in the school, and show them they are being thought about and hopefully make their day better.
No, i have never had a lollipop moment. I have had people tell me things that made me feel better about my self, and better about the situations I'm in, but never been told anything that changed my life or changed the way I thought about something. I think I have had opportunities to change the way they thought about something, but I have a horrible time with words sometimes and won't say what I wanted to say or it won't go the way I thought it would.
This video has changed the way I see leadership. You can be a leader in your own way. There are no guidelines to being a leader, you just have to make change.
Self esteem is a great way to trigger leadership. Tell them they CAN do it and they WILL do it. Making them feel better about themselves will make them happy, think harder, and put that into their decisions and change the world.
I recently had a lolipop moment. While at challenge day i had anothers choolmate thank mein front of everyone for something that i believed to be a small thing that i really didn't think was a big deal. My coach Scott Murrey changed my life in a way no one has every. In the 3 years i have known him he has taught me not how to lead, but how to get others too follow and believe in what you are saying. He has taught me qualities that changed me as a person and memories that i will never forget. This video definately has bettered my thoughts of leadership because the way he explains leadership is the way i would like to see it also the other 6.5 billion people. One day that day will come. All it takes is one person. One person can can change your life for the better without even knowing it. It is a very small but powerful thing to tell that person that they have impacted your life in a way you will never forget. In hopes that that person also tells another.
My main lollipop moment was after a really big win, my hockey coach said "Girls, we can only go up from here." That has stuck with me every since because to me it means that no matter what, you always have the power to push farther. This video did didnt change my perception of leadership. To me leadership has always been about doing good things for the benefit of others, or helping them through tough times.. If anything this video showed me that sometimes what you do or say sticks with a person a lot longer than you may realize it could, and that you do have the power to change someones life. Our leadership class can be conscious of the needs of the student body by showing the students that even the smallest act of kindness goes a long way. I think if we can at least get that across we will see a change in our school.
Leadership isn't something bigger than us. Instead, it's a series of 'lollipop moments'. A lollipop moment happens when something casually happens that is out of the ordinary, that makes a huge difference in someone's life. It may have not been a big deal to you, but it could have changed someone else's life. I have experienced a lollipop moment when I was called up to play soccer for Woodstock's division #1 mens team. The coach told me not to be intimidated by larger players and that if I outwork them I'll come out with the football. What I extrapolated from this lollipop moment is that in order to reach difficult goals, you need to find motivation and fight through the obstacles.
This video has changed my perceptions of leadership because now I realize that in order to be a leader, you don't have to change the world. It's the little things that matter; if you lead by example and do positive things you have the ability to make peoples lives considerably better. We can be conscious of the needs of the student body by giving students the motivation and self-confidence they need to become a leader. If we positively influence our peers and let them know that they are a leader, they'll start believing that they too can be leaders and initiate change in our community.
I have had very few moments where I've actually changed someone's views, but I strive to make other people's day go a little better. I've always known how much a simple compliment or smile can mean to someone who's feeling down. This video has changed my views on leadership, because before I saw this video, being a leader seemed much more complicated. Now I know that a simple act of kindness could change someone's life forever, and this will make me a better leader. The only way for us to be conscious of everyone's needs is for everyone to talk to someone. Even if it's just to tell someone that their smile lit up your day, because it would start a chain reaction and eventually everyone would see the change.
I can't actually think of a specific time when somebody has told me that I have hanged their life. I had had quite a few people who have changed my life. I don't know if this counts of not but I'll tell the story anyways. I have a a lollipop moment. This summer, when I went to pickup my courses for the year I stopped in to get them changed.I wanted them to be changed to classes that i'd need to go to college or university to become what I want to become. The guidance councellor told me that I basically couldn't do it and that I should start seaching for something else to do with my life.This left me confused, mad and hopeless. I thought I wouldn't be able to do anything. But in september when I went back to get my wrist x-rayed I spoke with the X-ray tech.Seeing how she is what I'd like to do when I'm older I took the chance to talk to her about her occupation. And so I asked her some questions and she satdown next to me and said "Don't listen to what anyone says. I have only knwon you for about 2 minutes and I already know you can do it. It isn't as hard as it seems. just try your hardest and keep your grades up." This really changed my outlook on the situation. To have an actual x-ray tech tell me that can do it reallychanged my life.I strive now to do the best I can. I want to prove to the guidance counsellor, myself and anyone else, that I can do what I want to do with my life after high school. I try my hardest to make people's days special and enjoyable.
The video has changed my perspective bout leadership. Not in a huge way but the 'lollipop moment' makes sense to me and I see that you don't have to go out and do something huge to change the world. You can start off small, and then eventually the world will catch on by it's self. Like the sea of pink day, it started off just as two boys and then a school and now its a yearly event. I now see myself being more of a leader than I was because of this.
I think that if IDCI was to do something similar to the lollipop, it would start kind of like a domino affect. We could start off small, by handing out lollipops to those who look like they need something to brighten their day. And maybe we can do this a couple times and make it kind of like an event that occurs often but not scheduled. If that makes sense. I feel like this will bring a positive vibe to IDCI. Or even as simple as going around to people and making them smile by giving them a hug or smiling at them in the hallways.
One of my lollipop moments was November 8, 2013. This was the day I got the chance to go to a presentation with a few of my peers, some of my past and present teachers. When I got to the presentation, and we started I wasn't sure how it was going to go or what it would be like. After half the presentation I thought about a lot, such as the difference one person can make, how to handle situations differently and just how to handle them in general. After thinking about all of this it noticeably changes things about how I acted or handled things. When we went back to continue the presentation up next was what I’d call the biggest part of the whole thing, Carol Todd was speaking I had never met her before, I might have seen her on T.V once or twice but not like this, this was real no couch, I wasn’t looking at a screen, she was there on stage live and when she started I wasn’t sure what to expect, was it going to be sad, was I going to cry, would this change things? Well it did change things, Not only did I understand the Amanda Todd situation more now, but I learned something, when things don’t work how you want them too or when something goes wrong that things don't just end, you have to keep going, don’t just give up, make the change you want, do what you feel is necessary to make what went wrong not just be "something that is wrong" after the presentation I went down to thank Carol and talk with her, when I did I was even more inspired because she took the time to talk to us and let us know what we could do to help her situation and be a change. This video didn’t really have a change to my perspective on leadership; it more reminded me what I already thought about it. Leadership is, you don’t do something because you feel like you have too or need to but you do it because you want too and are happy doing it
i have had many lollipop moments during high school. thing is i usually tell everybody that it happens to. of someone makes a difference in my life i will tell them. they deserve to know. my view on leadership didnt really change from this video because i dont see leadership as something bigger than us, i see it as something that happens when something needs to be done and you have the feeling like your the one to get it done. also we could make a movement to get people to actually share their life changing moments with other people because that makes us feel better knowing we have done good
ReplyDeleteMy "lollipop moment" was after game 7, McConnell conference finals in the SOJHL in 2012-2013 season. It was after that game that the Haggersville Hawks told me as a team that I had not only changed their season but many of their lives. That was probably the best feeling I rememeber having when they each told me how I impacted their lives.
ReplyDeleteThe video changed the way I think about leadership in the sense that you don't necessarily need to change the world but changing a person or impacting a person is a big enough difference to start a chain reaction. Doing something small and starting that chain reaction is just as important as effecting a group of people.
I think that the campaign recently started in the school; "random acts of kindness" is a great way to show student that they have the power to change a life. It's simple, not costly and effective. A student could preform that act of kindness and change the way that student looks at life, other people and themselves.
To be quite honest, I do not have any recollection of a a lollypop moment in my life. I am sure that one occurred throughout the span of my life, I just cannot remember it. However, I can recall a few times where I have provided an individual with a lolly pop moment. Such instances have usually occurred when a friend or a loved one has been in a moment of despair and needed someone to talk to. After talking to me, they overcome their obstacles and have striven foreword.
ReplyDeleteI do not feel that this video has changed my perception of leadership. I prefer going by the traditional definition of leadership. This is since leaders who fit the traditional definition of leadership generally have made large achievements that have a longstanding impact on our society or the world as a whole. These include individuals such as F.D. Roosevelt, Sir Winston Churchill, Pierre Trudeau, and many others. I would not necessarily classify Dudley's definition of leadership as a form of leadership. Rather, I would categorize his definition of leadership - that is, small acts of kindness - as small acts of guidance that assist an individual in their daily life or development. I just do not think that they are necessarily a form of leadership.
To address the final question, I believe that we can achieve you are asking through simple acts of kindness and being mindful of other peoples problems. Doing this could possibly have a massive impact on a single individual, since it could make them feel valued, boost their confidence, and empower them to pursue bigger and greater things.
Have you ever had a lollipop moment? Yes I have had my own lollipop moment. This summer when I worked at camp, I was a counselor for many kids. But after my two weeks at camp I had one of my campers come up to me and said thank you for being such a good leader for own group and that I was very fun. He also told me that now he wants to become a camp counselor just like me when he is older.
ReplyDeleteIn what ways can we make the student body feel like they have the power to change a life? We can start a complement campaign, so if someone does something nice for you or helps you in some way, you have to pay it forward.Tell them how much they helped you out and how it impacted your life. In doing so we would build student body self confidence, and everyone would feel like they too could change a life.
I have had a few lollipop moments. The most recent ones were at Challenge Day where I gave and also recieved lollipop moments. Thid video did change my perception on leadership because I always thought that we had to make a difference on everybody as a whole. This video shows that making a difference on just one person will still make a difference, maybe even a bigger difference. The andom acts of kindness, I think, is a great event. Iike how it's going to incude every group of people in the school, and show them they are being thought about and hopefully make their day better.
ReplyDeleteNo, i have never had a lollipop moment. I have had people tell me things that made me feel better about my self, and better about the situations I'm in, but never been told anything that changed my life or changed the way I thought about something. I think I have had opportunities to change the way they thought about something, but I have a horrible time with words sometimes and won't say what I wanted to say or it won't go the way I thought it would.
ReplyDeleteThis video has changed the way I see leadership. You can be a leader in your own way. There are no guidelines to being a leader, you just have to make change.
Self esteem is a great way to trigger leadership. Tell them they CAN do it and they WILL do it. Making them feel better about themselves will make them happy, think harder, and put that into their decisions and change the world.
I recently had a lolipop moment. While at challenge day i had anothers choolmate thank mein front of everyone for something that i believed to be a small thing that i really didn't think was a big deal.
ReplyDeleteMy coach Scott Murrey changed my life in a way no one has every. In the 3 years i have known him he has taught me not how to lead, but how to get others too follow and believe in what you are saying. He has taught me qualities that changed me as a person and memories that i will never forget.
This video definately has bettered my thoughts of leadership because the way he explains leadership is the way i would like to see it also the other 6.5 billion people. One day that day will come.
All it takes is one person. One person can can change your life for the better without even knowing it. It is a very small but powerful thing to tell that person that they have impacted your life in a way you will never forget. In hopes that that person also tells another.
My main lollipop moment was after a really big win, my hockey coach said "Girls, we can only go up from here." That has stuck with me every since because to me it means that no matter what, you always have the power to push farther. This video did didnt change my perception of leadership. To me leadership has always been about doing good things for the benefit of others, or helping them through tough times.. If anything this video showed me that sometimes what you do or say sticks with a person a lot longer than you may realize it could, and that you do have the power to change someones life. Our leadership class can be conscious of the needs of the student body by showing the students that even the smallest act of kindness goes a long way. I think if we can at least get that across we will see a change in our school.
ReplyDeleteLeadership isn't something bigger than us. Instead, it's a series of 'lollipop moments'. A lollipop moment happens when something casually happens that is out of the ordinary, that makes a huge difference in someone's life. It may have not been a big deal to you, but it could have changed someone else's life. I have experienced a lollipop moment when I was called up to play soccer for Woodstock's division #1 mens team. The coach told me not to be intimidated by larger players and that if I outwork them I'll come out with the football. What I extrapolated from this lollipop moment is that in order to reach difficult goals, you need to find motivation and fight through the obstacles.
ReplyDeleteThis video has changed my perceptions of leadership because now I realize that in order to be a leader, you don't have to change the world. It's the little things that matter; if you lead by example and do positive things you have the ability to make peoples lives considerably better. We can be conscious of the needs of the student body by giving students the motivation and self-confidence they need to become a leader. If we positively influence our peers and let them know that they are a leader, they'll start believing that they too can be leaders and initiate change in our community.
I have had very few moments where I've actually changed someone's views, but I strive to make other people's day go a little better. I've always known how much a simple compliment or smile can mean to someone who's feeling down. This video has changed my views on leadership, because before I saw this video, being a leader seemed much more complicated. Now I know that a simple act of kindness could change someone's life forever, and this will make me a better leader. The only way for us to be conscious of everyone's needs is for everyone to talk to someone. Even if it's just to tell someone that their smile lit up your day, because it would start a chain reaction and eventually everyone would see the change.
ReplyDeleteI can't actually think of a specific time when somebody has told me that I have hanged their life. I had had quite a few people who have changed my life. I don't know if this counts of not but I'll tell the story anyways. I have a a lollipop moment. This summer, when I went to pickup my courses for the year I stopped in to get them changed.I wanted them to be changed to classes that i'd need to go to college or university to become what I want to become. The guidance councellor told me that I basically couldn't do it and that I should start seaching for something else to do with my life.This left me confused, mad and hopeless. I thought I wouldn't be able to do anything. But in september when I went back to get my wrist x-rayed I spoke with the X-ray tech.Seeing how she is what I'd like to do when I'm older I took the chance to talk to her about her occupation. And so I asked her some questions and she satdown next to me and said "Don't listen to what anyone says. I have only knwon you for about 2 minutes and I already know you can do it. It isn't as hard as it seems. just try your hardest and keep your grades up." This really changed my outlook on the situation. To have an actual x-ray tech tell me that can do it reallychanged my life.I strive now to do the best I can. I want to prove to the guidance counsellor, myself and anyone else, that I can do what I want to do with my life after high school. I try my hardest to make people's days special and enjoyable.
ReplyDeleteThe video has changed my perspective bout leadership. Not in a huge way but the 'lollipop moment' makes sense to me and I see that you don't have to go out and do something huge to change the world. You can start off small, and then eventually the world will catch on by it's self. Like the sea of pink day, it started off just as two boys and then a school and now its a yearly event. I now see myself being more of a leader than I was because of this.
I think that if IDCI was to do something similar to the lollipop, it would start kind of like a domino affect. We could start off small, by handing out lollipops to those who look like they need something to brighten their day. And maybe we can do this a couple times and make it kind of like an event that occurs often but not scheduled. If that makes sense. I feel like this will bring a positive vibe to IDCI. Or even as simple as going around to people and making them smile by giving them a hug or smiling at them in the hallways.
One of my lollipop moments was November 8, 2013. This was the day I got the chance to go to a presentation with a few of my peers, some of my past and present teachers. When I got to the presentation, and we started I wasn't sure how it was going to go or what it would be like. After half the presentation I thought about a lot, such as the difference one person can make, how to handle situations differently and just how to handle them in general. After thinking about all of this it noticeably changes things about how I acted or handled things. When we went back to continue the presentation up next was what I’d call the biggest part of the whole thing, Carol Todd was speaking I had never met her before, I might have seen her on T.V once or twice but not like this, this was real no couch, I wasn’t looking at a screen, she was there on stage live and when she started I wasn’t sure what to expect, was it going to be sad, was I going to cry, would this change things? Well it did change things, Not only did I understand the Amanda Todd situation more now, but I learned something, when things don’t work how you want them too or when something goes wrong that things don't just end, you have to keep going, don’t just give up, make the change you want, do what you feel is necessary to make what went wrong not just be "something that is wrong" after the presentation I went down to thank Carol and talk with her, when I did I was even more inspired because she took the time to talk to us and let us know what we could do to help her situation and be a change. This video didn’t really have a change to my perspective on leadership; it more reminded me what I already thought about it. Leadership is, you don’t do something because you feel like you have too or need to but you do it because you want too and are happy doing it
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